餞 (zin3 | jian4) : farewell dinner; preserves

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餞

zin3

jian4

[1] [v] hold a farewell dinner; send off
[2] [n] preserves; candies; jam

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Stroke count: 16

Level: 3

Radical: (#184)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

餞 / 饯

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 10th Jun 2010 16:40 and last edited on 23rd Apr 2013 01:49

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餞行 zin3 hang4 jian4 xing2 = farewell

餞行飯 zin3 hang4 faan6 jian4 xing2 fan4 = farewell lunch

餞別 zin3 bit6 jian4 bie2 = give a farewell meal for

蜜餞 mat6 zin3 mi4 jian4 = candied / preserved fruit; jam; conserves

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Decimal representation of this word: 餞
Unicode code for this character: U+991e (off-site link)

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